Optical devices and methods of fabrication thereof

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2005-05-31

2005-05-31

Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Having nonlinear property

C385S024000, C385S015000, C385S129000, C385S130000, C385S037000, C385S141000, C385S011000, C398S079000, C398S082000, C398S084000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06901194

ABSTRACT:
An optical device includes a waveguide bounded by a region containing a photonic band gap the properties of which determined the transfer characteristic of the waveguide. Such a device may serve as a component of, for example a wavelength division multiplexer, a monochromatic laser or a chemical sensor. It may serve as an optical bus for an electronic component such as a microprocessor. These devices are particularly suitable for incorporation in optical and opto-electronic intergrated circuits as they permit the fabrication of waveguides having right-angle bends with a radius of the order of 2 μm.

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